Folding clothes drier



Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

UNITED STATES Y 1,485,525 PATENT @mc-'.

JOSEPH PRVIER, or oBLoNG, YILLINOIS..A

FOLDING CLOTHES DBIER.

Application led January 15, 1923. Serial No. 612,710.

T0 all whom t may concern.' l

Be it known that I, JosnrH Parnu, a citizen of the 'United States, residing at Oblong, in the county of Crawford and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Clothes Driers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in folding clothes driers and it is an object of the invention to provide Va novel and improved device of thisgeneral character having supporting arms adapted to be extended or retracted,'said device with the arms retracted occupying a minimum of space and being capable for use as an article of furniture such as a clothes rack or the like.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved folding clothes drier whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel `features of my invention will Vhereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may. be the better understood, lIwill now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevational view of a drier constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, a second position of certain of the arms being indicated by broken lines; l

Figure 2 is an enlarged view in top plan of the structure as illustrated in Figure 1 with certain of the arms also indicated by broken lines in second position; and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the upper portion of the device as herein disclosed, one of the arms being indicated in a second position.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, A denotes a vertically disposed skeleton structure comprising the upwardly and inwardly inclined corner posts 1 connected at their lower ends by the supporting sills 2. Mounted upon the sills 2 and substantially filling the space defined by the corner postsl is a bottomboard Ata point belowbut in relatively close proximity tothe top end thereof, the corner posts 1 are connected lby the cross'members provided fon their upper surfaces with thelangularlyr'e-j lated notches 6 extending ,entirelyV there;` across. Each of the end notches' registerl with an open slot 7 providedv in thel upper portion of the adjacent corner postsfl. Interposed between and supported by the "cor-A ner posts 1 and positioned above the cross members 5'is a board or plate 8. lThe lower face or surface of `said plate or board84 being substantially co-planar with the upper surfaces of the cross members 5.. The marginal portions of the board or plate 8 are providedk with notches or recesses 9 which register with thev notches or recesses 6 hereinbefore referred to. i

As the'cross members 5 are arranged outwardly of the corner posts 1 and the board 'or plate 8l positioned vinwardly thereof saidcross members 5 and the board or plate 8 are in stepped relation. Y

At a 'predetermined Vpoint intermediate the ends thereof the corner pos'tsfl are alsoV connected Vby the cross members 5 constructed 'and arranged similar to the cross members4 5 hereinbeforeV referred to and i associated with said cross members 5 is the board or plate 8 constructed and supported in substantially. the vsame manner as the board or plate 8. *Y Y Associated Awith each' pair of. registering notches or recesses 6 and 9 or 6 and 9 Vis an elongated arm 10. This arm 10 has disposed therethrough and extending beyond the opposite sides thereof the check pins 11, each of said pins being Vpositioned a predetermined distance inwardly ofan end of said arm 10. l

Each pair of registering notches or recesses 6 and 9 or 6 ,and 9 provides an opening through which the arm is freely slidable. When the arm 10 is in its retracted position it is disposed in a substantially vertical position withvits outer end portion engaged within a notch or recess 9 or 9 and with the outer check pin 11 rest- Yboard cr plate 8 or 8 and the inner check pin engaged with the Vinner face of a cross member' or 5. i Y

When'the arms 10 are in their retracted position'the device occupies a Yminimum of space and can be convenientlyY employed as an article of furniture such as a clothes rack or the like and for which reason the corner posts 1 are provided lwith the outstanding supporting hooks 12. l

By having the notches er recesses 6 and 6 angularly related i a comparatively large number oflarms 10 can be employed and in a manner whereby said arms when extended may have readily applied thereon clothes or the like to be dried without interference being given: to one of the arms 10 i by the arms adjacent thereto.

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From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a folding clothes drier constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility wvith which .it may be assembled and op-V eratedf and it lwill also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without departing frcm theV principles andespirit thereof and for this:V

reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim r Y l. yA drier ofthe class described comprisingv upwardly and inwardly inclined corner posts, sills connecting the lower ends of the posts,vcross members connecting said posts at a point below but in relatively close proximity tothe top ends thereof, each of said cross members being provided on their upper surfaces with angularly related notches extending entirely thereacross, each of the corner posts being provided with an open slot with which an end notch of a cross memberl registers, a plate supported by the icorner posts and positioned above the cross members, the lower face or Ysurface VVof said plate Ybeing substantially coplanar with the upper surfaces of the cross mem# bers, the marginal portions of the plate being provided with recesses registering with the notchesior recesses of the cross members, said members being varranged outwardly of the corner posts and the plate positioned inwardlyE thereof, an elongated arm as-V sociated with each registering notch and -recess, each registering notch and recessrproviding anlepening in which the arm is freely slidable, and means carried by the opposite end portions of the arms for limitingV the movementfof saidVV arms in either direction.

Q A drier of the class described comprising upwardly and inwardly inclined corner posts, sills connecting the lower ends of the posts, cross members connectingl said posts, each of said cross members being provided on their upper surfaces with angularly related notches extending entirely thereacross, a plate supported by the corner posts and positioned above the cross members, the lower face or surface of said plate being substantially coplanar with the upper surfaces of the cross members, the marginal 'portions of the plate being provided with recesses'registering with the notches or recesses of the cross members, said members being arranged outwardly of the corner posts and thewplate positioned inwardly thereof, an elongated arm associated with each registering notch and recess, each registering notchl and recess roviding an opening in which the arm is 'reely slidable, and means carried by the opposite end portions of the arms for limiting the movement of said arms in either direction.

ln testimony' whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOSEPH PRIER. 

